Mick Foley Quotes

People like the shows I do. I want to be real, to have fun, even when I dance on stage... it's a buzz.

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.

Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me.

I never felt I left the stage.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

Some of my fans want me to just dance and go crazy and wear flashy outfits.

When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I have about 20 seconds to win them over. You even get the prejudice among other people in your own profession.

I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.

I've always been a performer. That's just what I know.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I've always been compelled by some force to be a performer.

I'm like a big 10-year-old when I'm on stage. I just go up there and do whatever I think is cool at the moment.

I have fun on stage, so people think maybe they should, too.

I wanted to be a performer, not someone who introduced other performers.

I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.

I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving.

I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.

Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

The thing is, I'm happiest when I'm on stage.

I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.

I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself.